Meet the Team, Vol. III

Good day Dev-Log Readers!

This week's interview is with the world creator, mostly known as Leanthar. Unfortunately, I've been sworn to stick with the same questions as with the rest of the team but, there should be plenty of little gems here for our readers of all durations!

rowana: Alrighty! So, I don't ask real names even if yours is known... I skip right to the age thing!

rowana: How old are you?

Leanthar: 42

rowana: And where do you live? (don't have to be specific if you'd rather not!)

Leanthar: I live in central California, about 15 miles south of Yosemite National park, in a nice little town called Oakhurst.

rowana: Alright, I usually ask who you've played in Layo here, but I don't know if you've ever gotten the chance! If you have (PnP included here) who? And do you have a fun memory or event you'd like to share?

Leanthar: I mostly play the NPC's of lore but, yes, I have played a few characters. Not gonna give names though.

rowana: Hehe! Fair enough!

Leanthar: My best memories are when I run the large plot quests and watch the players interact with the lore and history, and with each other. But also it is nice to log-in and watch how players "really" Role-play when they are not on one of my quests.

rowana: Ah, a fellow lurker!

Leanthar: Yep, that I am. On those rare times I get to play that is.

rowana: Much time spent on the MMO and things I'm sure... Can you tell us, in general or other wise, what you do for the MMO team project?

Leanthar: I help out where I am needed in order to try and keep the team and project moving forward, in addition to managing the MMO teams and the various community teams. Other than that, I don't do much. Thankfully Layonara has great team players and great teams, so they do most of the work.

Leanthar: I do a lot of grunt work on the MMO may be the more precise answer.

rowana: You say that but, I can't imagine that list being not 'much'! I imagine each takes up a fair amount of time.

Leanthar: Yeah, my time is certainly consumed. No doubt about that.

rowana: Is there any aspect of what you are working on that is more enjoyable? You have your hands into a lot of works by the sound of things.

Leanthar: I like pretty much all of it. I really like to see the team get excited when progress is being made. Since it is a voluntary project at this time, that is very important otherwise the team would fade away over time. I really enjoy watching the growth of everybody on the team.

rowana: A game master through and through!

Leanthar: Heh. True enough there.

rowana: You are clearly jugging quite a bit. Do you manage any free time? If so, what are you doing with it?

Leanthar: I don't have a whole lot of free time, no. When I do get free time I like to golf or just veg out. I used to play a lot of games but I just can't get in to them any more as I don't have the time to dedicate to complete a game. So my free time is used up by doing short duration type things (a few hours here and there). If that makes any sense at all.

rowana: It does make sense. Well, thank you for devoting some of your rare free time to giving this interview. We'll let you get back to juggling.

It was a trick to get that much time with our World Creator, but we thank him all the same. Next week, another interview from a surprise(d) and randomly selected member of the team!

~row, on behalf of the writing team